Index of Wildlife Disease Information Resources
Science Center Objects
The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) provides the following index of wildlife disease information resources as a starting point to learn about selected wildlife diseases. To search for scientific literature, please visit the USGS Publications Warehouse and search for your topic of interest.
General Resources
- Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases
- Wildlife Disease Fact Sheets
- Wildlife Health Bulletins
- Technical disease cards on non OIE-Listed diseases in wildlife
- Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Reports
- NWHC News Releases
- WHISPers wildlife mortality data
- The USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Advancing Wildlife and Ecosystem Health - Fact Sheet
- Search and view all USGS publications in Publications Warehouse
Alaska Seabird Die-offs
- Seabird Die-offs in Alaska
- 2020 Alaska Seabird Die-off Update
- Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins in Alaska Seabirds
Amphibian Malformation and Decline
- Field guide to malformations of frogs and toads: with radiographic interpretations
- USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
Anisakiosis and Pseudoterranovosis
Avian Botulism
- Avian Botulism Field Manual Chapter
- Avian Botulism in Hawaii
- Lake Michigan Volunteer AMBLE: Avian Monitoring for Botulism Lakeshore Events
Avian Cholera
Avian Influenza
- Avian Influenza page
- Avian Influenza Surveillance page
- Avian Influenza Field Manual Chapter
- USGS Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Research Strategy - September 2015
- Avian Influenza Surveillance of Wild Birds - November 2007
- Surveillance for Asian H5N1 Avian Influenza in the United States - February 2006
- The Avian Influenza H5N1 Threat - August 2005
Avian Pox
Bat Rabies and Other Lyssavirus Infections
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal)
- Bsal page
- Bsal surveillance page
- Bsal Risk Map
- Early Action to Address an Emerging Wildlife Disease: Fact Sheet 2017-3013
- Salamander Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans) in the United States—Developing Research, Monitoring, and Management Strategies: Open-File Report 2015-1233
Baylisascaris Larva Migrans
Chronic Wasting Disease
- Chronic Wasting Disease page
- Chronic Wasting Disease Map
- Map: Home Zip Codes of Hunters Harvesting Deer in 4 Wisconsin Counties 2016-17
- Weighted Surveillance for Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Application
- Chronic Wasting Disease: Status, Science, and Management Support by the U.S. Geological Survey
- Chronic Wasting Disease - Fact Sheet 2007
- Chronic Wasting Disease Positive Tissue Bank - Fact Sheet 2007
- Helping to Combat Chronic Wasting Disease - Fact Sheet September 2003
- Helping to Combat Chronic Wasting Disease - Fact Sheet February 2003
- Surveillance Strategies For Detecting Chronic Wasting Disease In Free-Ranging Deer and Elk - Fact Sheet 2003
Coral Diseases
Corallimorphs
Coronaviruses/COVID-19
- NWHC Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Information About Coronaviruses in Wildlife - April 2020
- COVID-19 and Animals CDC FAQs
Duck Plague
Fibropapillomatosis
Fish Health in Pacific Region
Inclusion Body Disease of Cranes
Lead Poisoning
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2)
- Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 Confirmed in Wild Rabbits in the United States
- Continued Expansion of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 in North America and Additional Instructions Regarding Mortality Event Investigations
Salmonellosis
Sea Turtle Diseases
Snake Fungal Disease
- Snake Fungal Disease page
- Snake Fungal Disease in North America: U.S. Geological Survey Updates - Fact Sheet
- Snake Fungal Disease Image Gallery
Sylvatic Plague
- Sylvatic Plague page
- Vaccines
- Sylvatic Plague Vaccine and Management of Prairie Dogs- Fact Sheet
- Protecting Black-Footed Ferrets and Prairie Dogs Against Sylvatic Plague - Fact Sheet
- USGS Circular
Toxoplasmosis
Trichinosis
Tularemia
West Nile Virus
- West Nile Virus Research Strategy - August 2003
- Effects of West Nile Virus - August 2003
White-Nose Syndrome
- White-nose Syndrome page
- White-nose Syndrome Surveillance
- White-Nose Syndrome Occurrence Map
- U.S. Geological Survey response to white-nose syndrome in bats: Fact Sheet 2018–3020
- White-Nose Syndrome in North American Bats — U.S. Geological Survey Updates - December 2016
- White-Nose Syndrome in Bats: USGS Updates - June 2012
- Investigating White-Nose syndrome in Bats - July 2009
Zoonotic/Human Health Topics